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Here there must be no failure in awakening and invigorating this public opinion.
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Sumner calls for a proactive approach to maintain and strengthen public opinion on civil rights.
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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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